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My Week with Marilin Q&A during NYFF on 9 Okt 2011 -  VIDEO

“...on this film as you see there's the most staggering group of British actors, that are sort of idols of mine, and so certainly for me everyday it was like you were going to work, and getting to share a scene with one of the great Knights of the Realm, or Dame Judi Dench”

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The World Premiere of  My Week With Marilyn held at the New York Film Festival in 2011 and Eddie Redmayne was there to promote the film. He also attended a Q&A alongside Michelle Williams and director Simon Curtis. During his time in New York Eddie spent time with his friends Zoe Kazan and Paul Dano, attended the premiere of Zoe's play 'We Live Here', and the screening of 'The Artist' on 14th October 2011. 

Photos from the latter event, source hope72.tumblr.com  (1) - (2) - (3) 

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From the pensive to the giggly

My Week with Marilin Q&A during NYFF on 9 Okt 2011 -  VIDEO

“Yes, it did remind me a lot of my youth! There was one extraordinary moment, when we were shooting at Eton College, and Colin was showing Marilyn Monroe around Eton College, and that was the school that I went to, and so we were doing this scene, and Harvey was there, and Michelle was there, and all of these school boys were playing the parts, and my old head of drama was there stood at the side...”

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At the My week with Marilyn Press Conference  at the New York Film Festival on 9th October 2011 Eddie talked about how he became involved with the project:  “I came across the project, I was actually in New York doing a play and I was sent the script, I had studied Art History at University, so I knew a bit about Kenneth Clark who was Colin Clark's dad, so I had heard about that sort of background and so that kind of spiked my curiosity as well and then read the script and realized I had a weird amount in common with this guy and got really engaged with it and then I auditioned for Simon and then Michelle was filming in Toronto, and went up there and we had a screen test there and from then on it was the most wonderful ride...”

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Michael Fassbender on Sexual Deviance in 'A Dangerous Method' and 'Shame' (Video)

I believe a lot of us have already seen Scott Feinberg's Interview with Michael in NYFF. Here is the article of Scott from THR which includes interview clip. I just love the first paragraph. We all know how many Michael's films come out in this year, but by just reading the list, it makes me feel so proud of him.

How many actors do you know of who could convincingly portray -- in one calendar year -- a mid-19th century literary icon, a mid-20th century super-villain, an early-20th century psychologist, and a 21st century sex addict? Let me answer for you: not many. That, however, is precisely what Michael Fassbender, a 34-year-old German-born/Irish-bred actor, has done in 2011, in Cary Fukunaga's spring period piece Jane Eyre (released on March 11), Matthew Vaughn's summer blockbuster X-Men: First Class (released on May 26), David Cronenberg's historical drama A Dangerous Method (due out on November 23), and Steve McQueen's gritty character study Shame (due out on December 2), respectively. With a year like that, it's no wonder that people are speculating that Fassbender -- whom I interviewed in New York earlier this month -- could wind up with a best actor Oscar nod for either one of his fall films.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/michael-fassbender-shame-dangerous-method-250020

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Michael Fassbender and Director Steve McQueen Expose Shame

http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2011/10/27/michael-fassbender-and-director-steve-mcqueen-expose-shame/

"I said to Steve at the end of Hunger, ‘You know … you changed my life.’ Literally.” Fassbender recounted. “I mean, definitely in terms of a professional point of view, and I was getting to a point where I was 30 years old, the recession was just around the corner, which meant – the same as every other industry, less jobs for less actors. And for somebody to take a chance on an unknown actor, to give him the opportunity to take a risk, to play a lead in the film, you know – there was less and less of that happening. So, we – other then a sort of, I think, a big argument the first day of Hunger …” Fassbender laughed. McQueen interjected with a chuckle, “I remember it well.”

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"Fassbender was remarkably good-humored when addressing his preparation for the role, quipping, “I just went out and had a lot of sex, and … um … just tried to sort of embrace it as best I could.” He then switched gears, saying that McQueen first mentioned the film’s premise in 2008 and he signed on without even reading a script. “And preparation? I spent a lot of time with the script, pretty much the same with my preparation for most other jobs … and through re-reading … the character and the story starts to unravel itself and starts to sort of set into my enamel."

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"McQueen also addressed questions about the apparent sexual tension between siblings Brandon and Sissy. “Obviously, they’re of the opposite sex – brother and sister … the background has something to play in their relationship,” he said. “There’s a background, to some extent – it’s one of those things where it’s in the air. You see what’s going on, but you can’t really put your finger on it. It’s like a wet piece of soap – you have a grasp, but no, it’s not there. It’s constantly moving, constantly adjusting and that’s life, I think, and also you can smell it but you can’t taste it – you can taste it but you can’t smell it. It’s there but it’s not there. And that’s how I sort of wanted to have that history. The history presents itself in the present, in different guises.”"

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Despite the gritty subject matter, there’s a real undertone of tenderness to the characters and their plights – especially, much to Fassbender’s credit, Brandon. “The whole film is about trying to communicate in an emotional way,” McQueen said. “So, people write down this and that and the other but actually it’s just about human contact – and human contact where you can feel real, where you can feel alive. It’s just like, you know, the homeless guy on the street … he’s alive. Sometimes people don’t want to talk to him because he’s homeless … but if you give him contact, he realizes he’s alive. That’s what it’s about. Michael has the capability of that kind of tenderness. I feel that most great male actors are very feminine and very strong female actors are very masculine. And it’s the same with Carey and Michael. They have some kind of beauty, some kind of tenderness.”

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Three or Three? =)

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Michael Fassbender interview at A Dangerous Method press conference in NYFF2011